Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1887-03-26
THE OCEAN YACHT RACE.


From Harper's Weekiy.J
Yachts which set out TO race across
the Atlantic in the month of March are
not iikeiy TO lag upon the way for Jack
OF wind. British yachtsmen spoke
disparhgingly OF American weather
las iail, when Lieutenant Henn's Gala.
Tea Jailed to find wind enough here.
! aoouts TO suit ner turn, but at this sea.
son the elements, both above aud be-
low, arc very active of the coast. AZ
far along as the other end of Nova
Scotia or farther, and it is hardly prob.
able that the crews of the Dauntless
ana CoroDet are fauning the sails of
those yachts just now TO assist them
over the seas. A great interest ia felt
III the race OF these two fine schooners.
ana many people will await with
spnr'snianiike anxiety the news of their
progress across the ocean, which it is
tn"iSht VIII be brought from time to
tiihc oy incoming steamers, and of
'He'' arrival at The end of their Jour-
ney, IN Queenstown Harbor,
A race like tins inay show. of course
which OF the contesting vessels is the
finer saier. but more depends nerbans
upon the way in which they are sailed.
and consequently upon the men who
command them. Yachtsmen speak NOT
SO much of the merits of the Dauntless
ana the Coronet as of the merits of
Captaln Samuel Samuels and CAPTAIN
Z. L. Crosby, the skIppers of the two
yacnts respectively. Captain Samuels
oi tle Dauntless Is skipper of wide
iaihc. tie has written an exceedingly
interesting book OF his sea experiences.
which Messrs. Harper Il Brothers have
just published. The Captain ran away
from his home i'll the city of Philadel-
pma al the age of eleven years. His
hrst voyage was down the Schuylkill
ana along the coast 10 New York. He
was IN the great gulf hurricane OF 1886.
and had served i'll dozen ships and
been around the world before he nanohra.,
ed his majority He wnf3
the age of tweEty-ones
Titles he commanded
Dreadnaught, called ~ I
Atiamtic," on account Of her wonderful
speed: That a great deal of the
Dreadnaught's speed was due to the
skill OF Captain Samuels there can be
no doubt. A lack of>oer q was not
chances. lie believed ind was
"~AS~s "e" "@htSu " IO 20.
and he was not afraid 3xant.
age OF hurricane. book.
"From the Forecastle fn.''
Captain Samuels tells u33 Of
the secrets of his ,nccts6 -.
quick passages was ',;kia1
the ship sailed at nigut. II
he says, to sail ship up to <1l
her capacity at night, and
habit to give his shin the har;
nerve at that time. Old
lleye that the captain wi
Dauntless across the ocean e
as may be.
Captain Crosby is not SO famous a
skipper as Captain Samuels, but he
bears high reputation. He is some
hfty-six years of age, five feet nine
inches in height, and of sturdy build,
weighing about 170 pounds. He was
born in EastpOrt, Maine. He has fol-
lowed the sea since he was seventeen
years of age. He commanded q fore.
and-after ut nnualsuban. lad
much cxperiep -.
well as with 4
had eight yea1tz
OF steam ya1Ete. HI uul[
tache arg, !, and he has s6y1,
eyes. e huels is about two
Inches han Captain Crosby,
an4 De neighbOrhood OF LAG
hair and whiskers are
T eyes are blue-gray.
gtless ia historic craft,
ID in many races. Her pres
Fneris Mr.. Caldwell H. Colt, of
fford, Connecticut. The CorOnet
pwhed by Mr. Il. L. Bush. She is
pnew vessel, aud this is her frat race.
zach owner has .lEagered $1,000 upon
f6e sssalt 90 sent contest. The
b6at lowered her club COZ
fore, the preparatory signal.
=! p j. g0tqss later, with long :,
! fnepnapt. At n W.
0sd e61 I1Ssad the ii
amid 2 S HE boo
ing of calinokt ID vas CONT
just over the stan 6narter,
main and fore sail were hex, off to porf.
her square sail to starboard, and her
fore-s.aysai aud jib were bulging out
to port, filled with wind. Every sail
was white and new, and all set as
straight as board. She fairly flew be-
fore the breeze, and clearly showed
that the criticism that she buried her.
self when under all her canvass was
without foundation.
Meanwhile the Dauntless seemed TO
have some difficulty in getting ready
to cross the line. Finally, however,
Just as the COronet flew past the Judges
boat, she jibed around and filed away
with the wind abeam. She had all her
head-sails set, but the jib-top.sall and
flying jib did not draw we'll She
crossed the line at l:l6 O'Clock, aud,
like her rival, broke ont her eono
iy away the Cofonet was nearly half
mile ahead. The Dsuntless. however,
soon headed down, and both yachts
set to steady work on their long 5000
mile race
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